Alabama's
loss in Saturday's Iron Bowl means the focus shifts from the SEC Championship
Game to recruiting. In a week, the awards circuit will mean a heavy travel
schedule for at least on Crimson Tide star.

For
Monday, the recruiting trail was hot. As Alabama got a huge commitment from
4-star safety Laurence "Hootie" Jones,
coaches were working on other prospects. Nick
Saban and defensive coordinator Kirby
Smart were at Hoover High School, home to top cornerback target Marlon Humphrey.

(The
picture above was taken just outside the football coaches' offices at Hoover)

Saban
will be back in Tuscaloosa by Wednesday to speak at a dinner before the Super 6
high school state finals played in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The six games will be
played Thursday and Friday.

On
Sunday, Alabama will hold its annual team banquet on Sunday evening when it
will learn its postseason destination.

By
Monday, Tide linebacker C.J. Mosley
will hit the road for several days of award-related travel. He'll be in Charlotte
on Monday for the Bronko Nagurski Award ceremony. Then on Wednesday, Mosley
will be in Houston for the Lombardi Award. And the next day he'll join AJ McCarron in Orlando for the Home
Depot College Football Awards Show.

What
comes next for McCarron is still up in the air. Should he win the Unitas Golden
Arm Award, he'd be in Baltimore next Friday.

And
if he's a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, that ceremony is the next day in New
York. That won't be determined until next Monday evening.

The
postseason practice schedule will be determined once the bowl destination and
game date is known. The Tide typically starts practice in mid-December for an
early-January game.